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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 16. On Bhakti

 

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

3,Through Love the Sage knows that God is none other than his own Self.Though

the devotee, on the

other hand, regards Him as different from himself, yet he too merges and abides

in the Self alone.

 

4.The Love which flows unbroken like a stream of oil, towards the Supreme Lord,

leads the mind

infallibly into Pure Being, even without one's desiring it .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 16. On Bhakti

 

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

3,Through Love the Sage knows that God is none other than his own

Self.Though the devotee, on the

other hand, regards Him as different from himself, yet he too merges

and abides in the Self alone.

 

4.The Love which flows unbroken like a stream of oil, towards the

Supreme Lord, leads the mind

infallibly into Pure Being, even without one's desiring it .

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 16 'Bhakti'

V3

The learned one knows, through love, that God is not different from

oneself. Though the devotee regards God as apart, he merges in Him

and then abides as the Self.

 

Commentary

The approach to God, the spiritual practice of those pursuing the

pathway of wisdom is to meditate on the individual's identity with

God; for them `I am That' contemplation, the meditation on unity, is

the way. Votaries of he path of devotion begin by regarding God as

he object of worship but in the end, when through the strength of

the single thought of God their devotion deepens, then they too

merge in the Godhead or the Self.

 

V4

Even when bereft of the desire for it, love, flowing to God like a

steady stream of oil, undoubtedly leads to the Self.

 

Commentary

All thoughts emanate from the Self for, the root of all thoughts,

the `I'-thought, rises from the Self. When the mind is gathered

together, and a single thought of the Supreme prevails, it leads one

back to the source. This is because God and the Self are not

different in essence.

 

 

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